Mortality Trial on Manchester Oysters

Author

Affiliation

Steven Roberts

Professor, UW - School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences

Published

June 3, 2026

Last week we pulled some oysters from Manchester that had different priming experiences.

There were 8 cohorts and 8 oysters were brought back to UW.

:Spreadsheet: with cup IDs and Tag #

Placed in incubator in 16 oz cups with instant ocean at 10am on Monday (Day 01). At 4pm Monday there was 1 mortality.

UPDATE: Mort counts

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Last week we pulled some oysters from Manchester that had different priming experiences.

![](images/clipboard-4074959556.png)

There were 8 cohorts and 8 oysters were brought back to UW.\
\
:[Spreadsheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1suyutJjz5jdJ-H3tTnz6piezhtyCK2XbPEnfmU2bEMo/edit?usp=sharing): with cup IDs and Tag \#

![](images/clipboard-3812268574.png)

Placed in incubator in 16 oz cups with instant ocean at 10am on Monday (Day 01). At 4pm Monday there was 1 mortality.

![](images/clipboard-1475596766.png).

UPDATE: Mort counts\
![](images/clipboard-849330797.png)